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One is the NBA legend who is on a mission to spread the word of racing; the other is a true footballing great, every inch a thoroughbred.
Tony Parker and Thierry Henry have formed a firm friendship down the years and they will break new ground together on Sunday when heading to Newmarket to watch the 1000 Guineas, the second Classic of the English flat season.
Parker – who owns Ramatuelle, a leading candidate for the 1000 Guineas – has been determined to bring famous faces in racing and a couple of years ago convinced Formula One driver Charles Leclerc to buy a share in a horse.
Whether it will get that far with Henry remains to be seen but the prospect of the pair being on the Rowley Mile has increased excitement in the town about the occasion and even left Christopher Head, who trains Ramatuelle in Chantilly, feeling a little star-struck.
Head comes from regal breeding; his father, Freddie, his aunt, Criquette, and grandfather, Alec, trained a number of horses that became all-time greats.
Friends Tony Parker (C) and Thierry Henry at a NBA game in San Antonio, Texas in 2019
The 37-year-old has memories to last a lifetime but deliver a 1000 Guineas success for Parker would, he says, be something incredible.
‘What I love about being a trainer is that I have access to plenty of people who have had
